Garment and Jacket

Garment

Garment verb - To outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes.

Usage example: a socialite who was among the most gorgeously garmented women of her time

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Jacket and garment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Jacket" instead the word "Garment" as a verb or a noun.

Jacket verb - Put a jacket on.

Usage example: The men were jacketed

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Garment and jacket are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Garment" instead the word "Jacket" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: jack, jacketed, jacketing

long	long garment	long jacket
distinctive	distinctive garment	distinctive jacket
similar	similar garment	similar jacket
tight	tight garment	tight jacket
Other adjectives: standard, outer, simple, heavy, loose, blue, black, dark, white, stylish, occasional, pink, torn, magical, hooded.

Kris Anka's Spider-Woman redesign was meant to evoke this, with the idea being that the torso area of the costume is actually a reversible garment that can be disguised as an ordinary jacket for undercover missions.

Source: Civvie Spandex
There's even a touch of Garden Garment with a leaf for a hat, a thistledown jacket, and stockings made out of apple rinds.

Source: Literature / Tom Thumb
Most commonly, this trope is employed when a hero or intended victim is grabbed by the bad guys, usually by the jacket, sleeve, or cape, and discards or destroys all or part of the outer garment to escape.

Source: Giving Them the Strip

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